Netcup + Gsuite plex buffering

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I am very new to PG. I have had my Netcup root server for about a month now. I am using an unllimited gsuite teamdrive config for storage. When playing 1080p movies at original quality, I get almost constant plex buffering.

I used to think this was due to Disk IO issues when I was acquiring a ton of media at once. That has slowed down considerably and its still happening. Even when plex is set to 4MB 720p, I still get some pixelation and stuttering.

I have ruled out device and network issues by switching to a friend's plex server and playing a title at a similar bitrate with no issues. Even when starting the movie, the initial buffer was considerably faster on the friend's plex server than on my root server.

As I said, I am very new to PG, so I suspect I have a cache setting, or something somewhere that I can optimize. I basically installed PG, set up the dockers and storage links and that was all. Any direction here would be very appreciated

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It very well could be the server. I haven't heard the best about netcup except prices. You should try a server with hetzner (you can get a refund). I never have problems with them. Unless you have a second box, you'll be unsure if it's the server. You can also run a hetzner.cloud server instance (cheap) to test. Finally, you can test a home virtual machine as a free test route.

Junior Member

It very well could be the server. I haven't heard the best about netcup except prices. You should try a server with hetzner (you can get a refund). I never have problems with them. Unless you have a second box, you'll be unsure if it's the server. You can also run a hetzner.cloud server instance (cheap) to test. Finally, you can test a home virtual machine as a free test route.

Netcup isnt exactly cheap for a root server. I just paid 22 EURO for this month. How easy is it to move my PG config from one server to another? I really do not want to have to redo all of the configs. Especially my plex DB. Well, actually, the plex stuff is docker-based. That should be easy enough. What about the gsuite configs?

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Netcup isnt exactly cheap for a root server. I just paid 22 EURO for this month. How easy is it to move my PG config from one server to another? I really do not want to have to redo all of the configs. Especially my plex DB. Well, actually, the plex stuff is docker-based. That should be easy enough. What about the gsuite configs?

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It could also be network peering, since you are in the US. Have you tried cloudflare? I've been using a netcup rootserver for the last month with no issues. I can even directplay 4K video with no buffering and have had 4 x 1080p transcodes at once with no hiccups. I did go with the RS 4000 SAS (6 cores 32GB and SAS drive) for 22.99 eu

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It could also be network peering, since you are in the US. Have you tried cloudflare? I've been using a netcup rootserver for the last month with no issues. I can even directplay 4K video with no buffering and have had 4 x 1080p transcodes at once with no hiccups. I did go with the RS 4000 SAS (6 cores 32GB and SAS drive) for 22.99 eu

Junior Member

It could also be network peering, since you are in the US. Have you tried cloudflare? I've been using a netcup rootserver for the last month with no issues. I can even directplay 4K video with no buffering and have had 4 x 1080p transcodes at once with no hiccups. I did go with the RS 4000 SAS (6 cores 32GB and SAS drive) for 22.99 eu

Respected Member

I'm interested to know if these issues ever cleared up. I was contemplating replacing my Hetzner server for a Netcup dedi this month as I can get a similar spec (apart from Hard Drive size) for £25 less per month from Netcup. My current Hertzner server has never had an issue with 4k/1080p transcoding and direct play so It'd be good to know if Netcups network peering isn't up to it.

(I'm based in the UK, baring in mind so I have a feeling my peering will be better)

Junior Member

I use a netcup RS 2000 server and dont have any issues tonight or generally, but i do run a separate feed server, as you only get 4 dedicated cores and 16gb of ram so when your news software starts to uncompress newgroup files the cpu usage goes up high and does cause issues.